As much as I would like to say it is all mine I cannot. With the brilliant design that Stephan came up with in his outstanding LDD world he created this beast of a Cylon living raider. The main issue with this beast is gravity so unfortunately it cannot fly as well as the viper. However I constructed a base for it so It looks better.

A time to reflect and put behind me
My partner and I parted company. Devastating me.
My dog passed away I was shattered.

Following that I ended up in hospital after a stomach accident at work and had major surgery to fix the problem so there was a lot of healing to do mentally and physically.

Then I decided to totally gut ( HAHA ) this place and remodel it and especially make the Lego construction room larger.

Just to add salt to the big wounds I had to wait a year for corrective surgery.
So I had 7 months to do most of the saving and rebuilding of the place.

I had the corrective surgery 5 weeks now and out of construction action for another two months.

I hope to be producing my Lego monsters in 2016 or sooner. Time will tell. Enough sob story.

Just enjoy this creation and the ones to follow

NO FANCY FLYING AROUND THE HOUSE FOR THIS BEAST.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING.

I'M NOT BACK JUST YET JUST UPLOADING WHAT I STARTED LAST YEAR AND NOW HERE I GO.

Quoting ShadowJump 2017
May your dog rest peacefully.
I am only 12, but I have seen your models. I did not just stumble upon this, but I read about you in a book.
I love your models!
I just wanted to get some inspiration. How do you make the little guns on your models?
If you please, what is the best building technique to build rather large models?

Thank you Shadowjump for your kind words.
My main structural framework is done by using lego technics doubled up and capped off with plates top and bottom for added strength. Then I brace all the insides and outer framework so it can support its self when I pick it up and flip them over. Then I give it a good layer of larger plates followed by loads of detail and smooth outer covering.
Makes the build heavy but so nice to look at. With guns or canons to the most part I do my best to avoid having them however if I have to add them I have them simple or get online and have a look at others who have made a mammoth effort to create them.

ShadowJump 2017

April 22, 2016

May your dog rest peacefully.
I am only 12, but I have seen your models. I did not just stumble upon this, but I read about you in a book.
I love your models!
I just wanted to get some inspiration. How do you make the little guns on your models?
If you please, what is the best building technique to build rather large models?

Quoting søren johansen
You sir is by the best to build BSG spaceships. I have followed Your work for some time and it is just jawdopping over and over. These huge and detailed ships is just fantastic to see. I am really sad to see Your beloved dog passed away. May he rest in Peace.

Thank you Soren for your kind words.
I am glad that you like the BSG ships I am building, They are a great past time and fun to build. Sharing these builds to others I hope will aspire them to build better and design better that me. Keep up you own magnificent builds as I am a big follower of yours.

You sir is by the best to build BSG spaceships. I have followed Your work for some time and it is just jawdopping over and over. These huge and detailed ships is just fantastic to see. I am really sad to see Your beloved dog passed away. May he rest in Peace.

Quoting Kermunklin the Giant Evil House Head
Superior! What a great realization of this design with a fantastic presentation! Great MOC, and here's hoping things get better for you on the non-LEGO front!

Thank you Kermunklin for your comment and kind words. All will be good and can only get better. Cheers

Quoting VAkkron ™
What a beast. I love your base, and that emblem is killer! I'm looking forward to seeing your models once you are back to full health. Here are wishes for a speedy recovery, and comfort for the loss of your pet. Keep up the good work.

Thank you VAkkron for your comment and your kind words . Plenty of designs for new builds are on the drawing board in my head. Soon I will be creating again, Well soon enough. Cheers.

Quoting Morthen P
This, is simply put, WAY TO COOOOOL.
Nice Job man, I specially like the arches upon the "wings" it was a sad story you and to tell, but like all great stories, it kinda ended happily

Thank you Morthen for your coooool comment, Stephan certainly had great ideas and soon enough I will try it again and see how I can improve upon his design. Thank you also for your kind words, great people on this site ... Cheers .....

Quoting Graeme Straughn
Very cool build! The rockwork is stellar! As for the ship, it's breathtaking. Amazing work there! My condolences for both your losses. I'm a big fan of German Shepard, man, what I dog you had. Again, I'm sorry for your losses.

Thank you Graeme for your kind words, he was the best. All seven shepherds I had in the past 26 years were amazing companions. Glad you liked the creation... Keep up the great creating.

Quoting Spencer Mckrell
Never give up and Never surrender.
It would just eat me up inside as well if I lost my Dog "Trance"
She is a American German Shepard,
Awesome Raider, wish I could figure out how to put more detail in my stuff.

Thank you Spencer for your kind words. Trance has a good owner. You will work out the detail deficiency with your builds as you create more, eye for detail and the need for detail increases with age, I know I'm getting OLD... Keep up the great creations..

What a beast. I love your base, and that emblem is killer! I'm looking forward to seeing your models once you are back to full health. Here are wishes for a speedy recovery, and comfort for the loss of your pet. Keep up the good work.

Impressive by its size and design. Even the dio is a piece of art. Hope you will do fine day after day. A proverb I learned when I was over in USA: Life is tough, never surrender.

I like it

Graeme Straughn

July 3, 2015

Very cool build! The rockwork is stellar! As for the ship, it's breathtaking. Amazing work there! My condolences for both your losses. I'm a big fan of German Shepard, man, what I dog you had. Again, I'm sorry for your losses.

Quoting Tom Remy
What a beast of a cylon raider! Didn't realize the scale before noticing the crater baseplates! My condolences for your loss... I hope you can soon build again. It doesn't make up for everything but it helps! :-)

Thank you Tom. I am pleased that you liked the Raider. A kind hearted thank you for your condolences. Yes I will be building again in 2016 to keep sane.

What a beast of a cylon raider! Didn't realize the scale before noticing the crater baseplates! My condolences for your loss... I hope you can soon build again. It doesn't make up for everything but it helps! :-)

Quoting Ruud Hoogmoed
Hi Garry, another great job done. I'm very sorry to read about all sad things happened to you.
Hang in there, I wish I could give you more support.
Good to see you're still around here, and that you keep on amazing us with your Lego ArtWork. Thanks a lot for that!

Thank you Ruud for your support as well. I can only try my best.... As I say Crap Happens, this time I got good support and fantastic memories. About this build it was a long time waiting to be posted and more to follow while the house is being transformed. WARNING 2016 WILL BE BUILD CITY. Or just wishful thinking. Cheers. Thank you again.

Never give up and Never surrender.
It would just eat me up inside as well if I lost my Dog "Trance"
She is a American German Shepard,
Awesome Raider, wish I could figure out how to put more detail in my stuff.

Quoting Subic Vedran
Great model! Clear your mind, get better and life will glow again.

Thank you Subic This is a fine ship. Glad you liked it. The mind is clear and memory loss will some day follow. NOW finish this house then get back into building again. Cheers
Thanks for your kind words.

Quoting Topher Adams
That is an beautiful raider. Respect to the designer. LDD is a pain with large projects like this.
I'm sorry to hear of your troubles and wish you the best moving forward. I'm sure the rest of MOCpages is behind you %100.

Thank you Topher. Glad this creation pleased you . A very big thank you to for your kind words. Forward is the only way to go. The setbacks can ride with the current and be dealt with when they happen. Too much to do to allow it to bother me at the moment. Cheers.

Quoting El Barto !
Wicked build here, Dude! Sorry to hear about all your difficulties and challenges. But sounds like you're on the road to recovery, so lookout! Can't wait to see what you're planning!

ELBARTO THE GREAT.....Thank you dude, Life has its ups and downs. I had to many downs to last me some time to come. Just looking for all the ups now so I'll soon be building in 2016 when this place is complete.

Quoting Tim C
AND HE'S BACK!!! Very well done, Garry. Love the shaping of the wings and that display platform is fantastic. I love the little insignia that you threw in the middle. I'm really sorry to hear about all the mess that's been going on for you. I'm glad that you're making your recovery from the work accident and just appalled to hear that something like that happened to you. I apologize for goading you on to build, but I had no idea all that you were dealing with. This world doesn't know a better friend than the one that follows us around on four legs. Dogs are a gift, for the limited time that we have them. The ownership of a dog comes with the agreement that one day you have to say goodbye. A year ago, almost to the day, I had to take a wonderful German Shepherd/Labrador Retriever that I knew adoringly as Tippi to the vet for the last time. On Father's Day...on the day I got home from BrickWorld. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do and it still stings today. I feel for you, man, and my thoughts go out to you. That said, I'm glad you're making your recovery and getting back to the brick!

Thank you very much TIM. I am glad you like this build as I am always overwhelmed by all your incredible creations when you post them, I've just had 200+ comments to catch up on and 400+ builds to comment on so I have been Busy to say the least. Tippi had a great loving father to send her to her/his next life. My old boy was playing around in the yard and I was heading off to town, opened up the back of the ute when he jumped in, turned around looked at me and died, He died happy in his favorite place. As for Goading me that was very good timing as I was beginning to get all these images ready to post. Well done.
Recovery .... had a setback today so tomorrow is going to be a better day.. I just need to finish this house then back into construction of more battlestars and baseships. Cheers my friend

Quoting Stephan Schumann
Exhilarating great to see this has been made real! Well, I am still learning building digital stable enough for making real...this Cylon Raider is real hard work of yours, as I know how many bricks you collected, and working trough the instructions; I am deeply impressed!
I can see a likely change in the ankle of the horns, well done.
Excellent work, Garry, and Best Regards!

Well its the Designer himself. Hello my friend. No need to make any apologies for anything. You are one incredible LDD designer and it is my privilege to be able to construct your designs. Don't ever stop.

Quoting Damon Corso
Wow! The lines you achieved on this are great, cheers to Stephan for the LDD file. Cheers to you for collecting the parts and building. Your hangar/base is incredible and so huge, you can make a whole scene out of that. Congrats on making the front page :-)

Thank you Damon. This was a fun and frustrating build. The base was solely to enhance the raider as it could not fly. Cheers.

Quoting Clayton Marchetti
Wow! This is amazing! Stephan's design is a real winner! You did a brilliant job bringing it to life! The front profile looks down right menacing! I'm truly sorry your having such a difficult time. Losing a beloved pet is more like losing a loved one. I hope things only get better for you from this point on. I look forward to those amazing builds in 16!

Thank you Clayton, Things are always brighter the next day after the setbacks are dealt with. Just have to finish the renovations so I can create again. Some day I will bring another hairy beast back into my life .... Lego first..... Puppy later.... Cheers

Quoting LukeClarenceVan The Revanchist
Garry, this is phenomenal. Interesting to see a collaboration of design and execution, LDD is a great tool but there's nothing like seeing a build in bricks. A real shame about what you've gone through lately, I wish you all the best in your recovery. It's always a pleasure to hear from you, whether it's as a comment on one of my creations or one of your own monolithic ships. Speaking of, the display for this one is a great addition, I love the varied textures in the base and the rockwork's top-notch.

Thank you Luke I am glad this creation satisfied you. Recovery took another setback yesterday ( can't have everything my way as usual) Still going forward. You produce the good goods and I will happily comment. Cheers.

Quoting matt rowntRee
Great to see you back in full swing Garry! This beast is sculpturally brilliant. Love the curves you and Stephen calculated to pure awesome effect. Sorry about your buddy, those ones hurt forever (still miss my Zoe every day.) Cheers to you for this and "cleaning house", and cheers to your future builds as we all can't wait, and cheers to you friend (they really are the best without exception.)

Thank you Matt for your kind words. A big sorry for your loss too. I have 26 years of memories form 8 shepherds and all are perfect, I edited out the bad memories. Keep up your great work. Cheers.

Quoting Parrington Levens
Man I was wondering about you recently. Well, hang in there dude. Glad maybe you are on the way back into the sunshine so to speak. Gloriously scaled raider here and whopping build dude. Stephan's a genius too. Welcome back Gazza! The King has returned :D

Hanging in there well and truly. Just need to get back into constructing more battlewagons and flying discs. Glad you liked it.Cheers

Quoting Mihe Stonee
a beautiful work Stephan did here - right! i also looked through the LDD-Version from him. the static is often a problem in LDD you only can imagine and hope.... Anyway it's cool i think that you gave it a try and came out with a little helps stand so beautiful!
My condolences to all the things, which happened to you! Even more it is great to see you building - having a nice time ,-)

Thank you Mihe very much for your kind words.. This is a fine ship. Glad you liked it.

That is an beautiful raider. Respect to the designer. LDD is a pain with large projects like this.
I'm sorry to hear of your troubles and wish you the best moving forward. I'm sure the rest of MOCpages is behind you %100.

AND HE'S BACK!!! Very well done, Garry. Love the shaping of the wings and that display platform is fantastic. I love the little insignia that you threw in the middle. I'm really sorry to hear about all the mess that's been going on for you. I'm glad that you're making your recovery from the work accident and just appalled to hear that something like that happened to you. I apologize for goading you on to build, but I had no idea all that you were dealing with. This world doesn't know a better friend than the one that follows us around on four legs. Dogs are a gift, for the limited time that we have them. The ownership of a dog comes with the agreement that one day you have to say goodbye. A year ago, almost to the day, I had to take a wonderful German Shepherd/Labrador Retriever that I knew adoringly as Tippi to the vet for the last time. On Father's Day...on the day I got home from BrickWorld. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do and it still stings today. I feel for you, man, and my thoughts go out to you. That said, I'm glad you're making your recovery and getting back to the brick!

Exhilarating great to see this has been made real! Well, i am still learning building digital stable enough for making real...this Cylon Raider is real hard work of yours, as i know how many bricks you collected, and working trough the instructions; I am deeply impressed!
I can see a likely change in the ankle of the horns, welldone.
Excellent work, Garry, and Best Regards!

Wow! The lines you achieved on this are great, cheers to Stephan for the LDD file. Cheers to you for collecting the parts and building. Your hangar/base is incredible and so huge, you can make a whole scene out of that. Congrats on making the front page :-)

Wow! This is amazing! Stephan's design is a real winner! You did a brilliant job bringing it to life! The front profile looks down right menacing! I'm truly sorry your having such a difficult time. Losing a beloved pet is more like losing a loved one. I hope things only get better for you from this point on. I look foward to those amazing builds in 16!

Garry, this is phenomenal. Interesting to see a collaboration of design and execution, LDD is a great tool but there's nothing like seeing a build in bricks. A real shame about what you've gone through lately, I wish you all the best in your recovery. It's always a pleasure to hear from you, whether it's as a comment on one of my creations or one of your own monolithic ships. Speaking of, the display for this one is a great addition, I love the varied textures in the base and the rockwork's top-notch.

Great to see you back in full swing Garry! This beast is sculpturally brilliant. Love the curves you and Stephen calculated to pure awesome effect. Sorry about your buddy, those ones hurt forever (still miss my Zoe every day.) Cheers to you for this and "cleaning house", and cheers to your future builds as we all can't wait, and cheers to you friend (they really are the best without exception.)

Hi Garry, another great job done. I'm very sorry to read about all sad things happened to you.
Hang in there, I wish I could give you more support.
Good to see you're stil around here, and that you keep on amazing us with your Lego ArtWork. Thanks a lot for that!

Man I was wondering about you recently. Well, hang in there dude. Glad maybe you are on the way back into the sunshine so to speak. Gloriously scaled raider here and whopping build dude. Stephan's a genius too. Welcome back Gazza! The King has returned :D

a beautiful work Stephan did here - right! i also looked through the LDD-Version from him. the static is often a problem in LDD you only can imagine and hope.... Anyway it's cool i think that you gave it a try and came out with a little helps stand so beautiful!
My condolences to all the things, which happened to you! Even more it is great to see you building - having a nice time ,-)